The police and Central Reserve Police Force increased deployment in the city to maintain law and order. Mirwaiz is also chief cleric of Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid where he delivers weekly sermons. Naseem Geelani works as an assistant professor at an agriculture... read more

Separatists, under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, asked people to march to the headquarters of the Army’s Chinar Corps at Badamibagh in Srinagar on Monday. read more

In a statement, the separatists said Geelani and Mirwaiz told the former prime minister that since his country “has a history of playing a positive role in conflict resolutions”, the Norwegian government should make serious efforts to resolve the vexed... read more

Authorities have deployed heavy security in various districts, including sensitive polling stations to ensure an event-free polling amid boycott calls from separatists and threats by militants. read more

A charge sheet filed by the NIA in January claims that Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have formed the Joint Resistance Leadership, which espouses the cause of secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India. read more

The NIA also said that the 2016 Nagrota attack accused, Mohammad Ashiq Baba, had met key Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commanders, including JeM chief Masood Azhar’s brother Rauf who was responsible for targeting the army camp, during one of his trips to P... read more

Mirwaiz wanted the cessation of security operations, which the Centre announced for the holy month of Ramzan, to be made a permanent feature and be followed by demilitarisation before the final resolution of Kashmir issue. read more